the killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group (originally with reference to a mutinous Roman legion).
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Solomon via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> Cc: Richard Solomon <dickw1...@gmail.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2020 7:41 am Subject: Re: [time-nuts] decimation versus decimation The Ancient Romans had another, not so nice, definition. 73, Dick, W1KSZ On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 7:56 AM Dana Whitlow via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > I'm confused: > > I seem to see multiple (at least double) meanings for the term > 'decimation'. > > One meaning is simply: "take every nth sample and discard > the others without regard to possible aliasing". > > The other meaning is: "take every nth sample, but first prefilter > as appropriate to (sensibly) eliminate aliasing". > > Which is it? And if the answer is "both", then shouldn't we all > be very careful to explicitly specify which meaning applies to > the situation at hand whenever we use the term "decimation"? > > Thanks, > > Dana K8YUM > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.